up five days in a row, but, yesterday, down three points, back and forth action after we heard from ben bernanke, putting a damper on things, does not sound positive these days, but the truth is we have the fed's committee deciding to put forward monetary policy, accommodative with quantitative easing. the dow,13219, boeing, united health care under pressure. on the plus side, travelers and walmart. that's the latest, back to you. cheryl: thank you very much, straight to harry reid, another democratic leader speaking on the fiscal cliff. >> with every passing day, the republicans calling on speaker boehner to guarantee tax cuts for middle class. today, senator cornen, the second ranking democrat next congress -- oh, sorry, don't i wish, second ranking republican next congress, joining in a course of voices to call on speaker boehner to do the reasonable thing saying "i believe we're going to pass the $250,000 below sooner or later, and we really don't have much leverage there because rates go up by operational law on december 31st." he said it all. that's the truth. more than three quar